Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. Minal said that they were boarding the train then.
Minal said, “We are boarding the train now.”
The correct answer is Minal said, “We are boarding the train now.”.
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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
I said to Sharma, “Please give me your book”.
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She asked Aditi, “Where did you have lunch yesterday?”
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Reena said to Rhea, “I will not accompany you on this trip.”
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He said, “I must stay with her as her condition is critical.”
Direction: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Girish said, “We have not gone to Mexico”.
Direction: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The manager said to her, “Will you accept the revised salary?”
Direction: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The Principal said, “What a good performance, Sonu! You have won the competition.”
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Hari said to the boy, "What's the matter? Why are you crying? Be cheerful."
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The leader applauded the comrades saying that they had done very well.
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I said to Hia, “Don’t litter”.
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The captain announced, “The flight will be delayed due to bad weather.”
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The actor said that what he did in films was something he had never attempted in real life.
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Mother said that when we pluck a flower it dies so we should let it beautify the world as long as it lives.
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The children said to the nurse, “Reema slipped and fell from the stairs.”
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The teacher says, “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”